Chapter 41 Would I poison the wine?

Shen Shilang covered his wine glass in time and said, "Mr. Ke, it's not convenient to use the wine outside here."

"What? Would I poison the wine?" Ke Hongbin said unhappily.

"Mr. Ke may not have done this, but there may be villains who do bad things and implicate Mr. Ke." Shen Shilang said calmly, "Also, the rules of the Luming Banquet have always been that guests are not allowed to drink outside food and drinks to prevent accidents."

If something really happened, it would be better to narrow the scope and investigate directly within the banquet.

Otherwise the scope is wide.

"If you want to use the wine you brought at the banquet," Shen Shilang said, "Mr. Ke should report to Lord Cheng first. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, I'm afraid Mr. Ke won't be able to take the responsibility."

"You mean I really poisoned the wine?" Ke Hongbin directly filled his glass with wine, "I'll drink it for you to see, okay?"

After Ke Hongbin finished speaking, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhang Tianran mocked, "Mr. Shen is really cautious."

"No." Shen Shilang said calmly, "I'm just following the rules. Since I'm here at the Luming Banquet, I have to follow the rules of the Luming Banquet and not cause trouble for Master Cheng."

Shen Shilang looked at Cheng Jianfeng, "Mr. Cheng, don't you think so?"

Cheng Jianfeng: “…”

As the son of Prefect Cheng, he certainly didn't want anything to happen to his father.

If anything goes wrong at the Lu Ming Banquet, Prefect Cheng will not be able to escape.

"Since Mr. Zhang has no such intention, you'd better not give others the opportunity to take advantage of you." Shen Shilang said lightly.

Shen Shilang was too lazy to exchange pleasantries with them, so he simply took his wine jug and glass and left, going to drink with others.

He couldn't leave the wine flask here and let them find out what he was doing.

They didn't expect Shen Shilang to be so disrespectful. Their plan to take turns getting Shen Shilang drunk fell through.

"Ha!" Liang Zhenggang laughed angrily, "This guy is really good at pretending! He usually pretends to be a coward in your house, but now that he has to learn from the Yuan, he won't pretend anymore."

"So you know why I hate him." Wei Jianming said in a deep voice.

When Prefect Cheng heard his servant report about Wei Jianming's situation, he hurriedly asked someone to call Cheng Jianfeng over.

"Father." Cheng Jianfeng came to the side of Prefect Cheng.

Prefect Cheng gave him a stern look and said, "Come with me."

Prefect Cheng left his seat and took Cheng Jianfeng to a room provided for guests to rest temporarily.

"Nonsense! Wei Jianming doesn't know what's going on, and you follow him to make trouble!" After closing the door, Prefect Cheng said angrily, "Is Ke Hongbin a good person? You usually hang out with them, and I don't say anything because I believe you can still protect yourself. But now you follow them to make trouble!"

"With Ke Hongbin and his friends' ranking, there is no way they will pass the examination next year. You didn't work hard and even mingled with them." Prefect Cheng said, "Ke Hongbin brought wine from outside into the banquet, and you didn't stop him!"

"I don't know..."

"You don't even know this, you've been following them for so long in vain." Prefect Cheng said unhappily, "In other words, he didn't even know this from you, so he doesn't even consider you a brother!"

"Did you look carefully at the expressions of the other three people? They were not surprised at all that Ke Hongbin took out the wine. They obviously knew about it in advance." Prefect Cheng pointed at Cheng Jianfeng angrily, "Only you didn't know!"

Cheng Jianfeng really didn't pay attention. When he heard what Prefect Cheng said, his face changed.

Prefect Cheng was extremely angry. This idiot was treated as an outsider but still got involved.

But now looking at Cheng Jianfeng's unhappy expression, it seems that he is also dissatisfied with those four people.

At the beginning, Prefect Cheng allowed Cheng Jianfeng to play with the four of them, just for Wei Zhaoxian's sake.

No matter how dissolute Wei Jianming was, the strict upbringing of the Wei family was there.

Besides, if we make good friends with him, maybe we can even establish a relationship with Wei Zhaoxian.

But I didn’t expect that Wei Zhaoxian beat Wei Jianming a while ago, and I heard that the beating was quite serious.

Prefect Cheng knew that Wei Jianming was of no use.

As for the others, although they have good family backgrounds, no matter how good they are, they are only in Chong'an.

He was going to work in Beijing in the future, so he really didn't care about the family background of Ke Hongbin and the others.

Prefect Cheng then said, "And what Shen Shilang said is right. After all, it was brought in from outside. Even if Ke Hongbin has no intention of harming anyone, what if someone takes this opportunity to put something in the wine and cause trouble? Even if the matter can be suppressed, it will not benefit my career."

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Prefect Cheng took a deep breath and said, "Such a simple truth, don't you understand it?"

"My son knows he was wrong." Cheng Jianfeng quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Prefect Cheng looked at him in silence for a long time and said, "Wei Jianming and his men are of no use to you. From today on, stay away from them."

"Yes." This time Cheng Jianfeng agreed without hesitation.

"You should know your limits. You don't have to make enemies with them, nor do you have to ignore them all at once. Just deal with them as they are meant to be." Prefect Cheng's tone gradually softened.

"Yes." Cheng Jianfeng replied.

"Were you rude to Shen Shilang?" asked Prefect Cheng.

Cheng Jianfeng was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and said: "When my son was confused, he also squeezed Shen Shilang together with Wei Jianming and others, but what my son said was not excessive."

"That's fine. You don't have to make friends with him, but you don't have to target him either." Prefect Cheng said, "He has nothing to do with you. You will be in the court in the future. Don't make more enemies easily."

"yes."

"Besides, Shen Shilang is a talented person and a very insightful person. Do you remember that your sister wanted to go to Zhenbaozhai to buy a hairpin?"

"Remember, Ruoyu didn't buy it in the end." Cheng Jianfeng said.

"It's because she listened to Shen Shilang's advice to Madam Wei that now is not the time to show off and wear nice things." Prefect Cheng said, "Your sister saw that Wei Ruyan has always been very ostentatious, and Madam Wei has pressured her not to buy anything. She felt that something was wrong, so she didn't buy anything."

"Your sister is attending a flower-viewing banquet next door today. When the banquet is over, you can ask her specifically what Shen Shilang said and what Madam Wei and Wei Ruyan did."

"With Shen Shilang's character, he will definitely have a bright future as long as he is not suppressed by others. Moreover, with Wei Zhaoxian around, he will not be suppressed easily." Prefect Cheng pointed at Cheng Jianfeng, "So, don't offend him. Instead, pay more attention to what he says and what he does. It will be beneficial to you."

Cheng Jianfeng didn't expect that Prefect Cheng would think so highly of Shen Shilang, "But General Wei doesn't even support his own son."

"Who said he didn't support him? Didn't he support Wei Jianlang?" Prefect Cheng sneered, "Wei Zhaoxian is a man, not a god. Everyone has selfish desires. He didn't support Wei Jianming because he felt there was no need to waste his energy on a fool."

(End of this chapter)